Merate
Merate is a locality in Province of Lecco, Lombardy. Merate is situated nearby to the village Cernusco Lombardone, as well as near the hamlet Regondino.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cernusco–Merate railway station and Merate Astronomical Observatory.
Cernusco–Merate railway station
Railway station
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Cernusco–Merate railway station is a railway station in Italy. Located on the Lecco–Milan railway, it serves the towns of Cernusco Lombardone and Merate.
Merate Astronomical Observatory
Observatory
Photo: Cav, Public domain.
Merate Astronomical Observatory is an old observatory in Merate, Italy. It has housed a 1-meter Zeiss telescope since 1926. This Zeiss di Merate is a reflecting telescope on an equatorial mount and is one of the largest telescopes funded by the Regno d'Italia before Italy became republic in 1946.
Palazzo Prinetti
Manor estate
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The Palazzo Prinetti is a palace located in the town of Merate, in the Province of Lecco, in the Region of Lombardy, Italy. The palace, also known as Castello di Merate was built initially by Archbishop Ariberto d'Intimiano as a moated castle, but destroyed in 1275 during the civil wars involving Visconti and Della Torre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paderno d’Adda and Montevecchia.
Paderno d’Adda
Paderno d'Adda is a small village in the Lecco province of Lombardy, northern Italy, located on the southern edge of the Italian Prealps, south of the city of Lecco, and near the northeastern edge of Greater Milan.
Montevecchia
Photo: Chiaracorno, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Montevecchia is a small village in Lecco province, between Milan and the city of Lecco, in northern Italy.
Merate
Town
Merate is a municipality of 15.020 inhabitants in the province of Lecco, in the northern Italian region of Lombardy. It is served by Cernusco-Merate railway station.
Merate
- Type: Locality with 14,900 residents
- Also known as: “097048”
- Location: Province of Lecco, Lombardy, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
45.6987° or 45° 41′ 55″ northLongitude
9.4117° or 9° 24′ 42″ eastPopulation
14,900Elevation
295 metres (968 feet)Open location code
8FQFMCX6+FMGeoNames ID
6539405
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In Other Languages
“Merate” goes by many names.
- Italian: “Comune di Merate”
- Italian: “Merate”
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